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Iridopsis cinerascens, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Likely same species as below, yet a different individual:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/76907/iridopsis_cinerascens_-_2_la_planada_nature_reserve_colombia.html" title="Iridopsis cinerascens - 2, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/76907_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=p3fFodNb%2B%2Fmb7rfCdnFAP2bOzaE%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Iridopsis cinerascens - 2, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,Iridopsis cinerascens,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Iridopsis cinerascens,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America Click/tap to enlarge

Iridopsis cinerascens, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia

Likely same species as below, yet a different individual:

Iridopsis cinerascens - 2, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,Iridopsis cinerascens,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Iridopsis sp.? Maybe Iridopsis validaria or similar sp. Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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      Genus looks correct! Iridopsis validaria does not look like a full match to me based on what I see. In particular, it has a large brown "clear" area at the end of the wings where there's no marks. Just a visual difference I see. I'm thinking this genus also applies to this:

      Light brown cryptic moth, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia Opening our 2nd mothing night in La Planada Nature Reserve, which is the 4th out of 5 nights total doing mothing in our 2018 Colombia trip. Since daytime was largely ruined by non-stop heavy rain, we were eager to compensate with some more mothing. <br /> <br /> Rain continued into the night, so we moved the setup to a small wooden building with an overarching roof providing more shelter. The previous night we would either be too close to the cloth, or too far and getting very wet. Now we had more comfort. We also had a longer session leading to more photos, yet there's plenty of species already photographed so I will only share duplicates if the photo is better or interesting. <br /> <br /> Just like the night before, the amount of moths was overwhelming. Clogging up everything, the cloth, our bodies, the surrounding grass and vegetation, our camera gear, everything.<br /> <br /> I collect the results of all moth nights part of this trip in this list:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/list/525/moths_of_colombia_-_2018.html<br /> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,Fall,Geotagged,La Planada Nature Reserve,South America

      Looks similar, but I'm thinking it's a different species in the same genus.       Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Good point, you’re probably right...Unfortunately, I haven’t found anything close enough for a confident match...yet. Posted 6 years ago
        1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
          Ferdy Christant
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          A very hard genus. Thanks for trying so hard! Posted 6 years ago
          1. View Christine Young's profile
            Christine Young
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            It is difficult for sure! Too many squiggles, dots, and lines, haha. Posted 6 years ago
  3. View aporemski's profile
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    Perhaps Iridopsis cinerascens Posted 6 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      You're amazing Andre, thanks so much! Posted 6 years ago
    2. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Wow, perfect!! Posted 6 years ago

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The Iridopsis cinerascens

Iridopsis cinerascens is a geometer moth in the Iridopsis genus.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Apr 4, 2019. Captured Oct 29, 2018 20:16.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/11.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm

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